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We also seem very internationalist in our musical taste, only two from
Australia ( Delta and Savage Garden) but three from Canada ( Shania, Alanis and
Celine), one from New Zealand, one from Ireland, one Swedish and two from
America; so much for imperialistic cultural dominance. Although there is a more
insidious invisible sonic imperialism unrelated to geography, but that's another
discussion for another time.
Only two discs (Norah and Delta) were moncler outlet
store released in this century, which is perhaps a commentary on
how record sales overall have diminished recently thanks to downloads and other
media that were not part of this survey or simply that the longer that something
is available in the market place the more opportunity it has to sell. Of course
Shania and Alanis the chart toppers are both commercial juggernauts, Come On
Over is the biggest selling album by a female of all time selling 34 million
copies globally and the biggest selling country album of all time, while Jagged
Little Pill is the best selling debut (internationally) album of all time
notching up 30 million sales worldwide and the second biggest selling female
album ever, second only to Ms Twain.
That list is somewhat scary. I do follow the charts, even if I hate 99% of
the music in it, but I wouldn't have expected that the absolute top sellers were
this bland. I think we're well due for another musical rebellion against this
stale, bland and uninspiring fluff. There seems to be one of those about every
15 years. Although I don't think they make much of a difference in sales figures
right at the top. If you look at, say the early 90's you wouldn't find Nirvana,
but probably something like Darryl Braithwaite instead. Similarly in the 70's
when punk was big it wasn't The Clash or The Sex Pistols that sold the big
numbers, it was The Bay City Rollers and Leif Garrett and I'm sure there's a
bunch more that I now can't recall.
Can't remember who said it but there's a quote that says that 95% of music
will always suck, but it's the other 5% that's worth coming back for. After all
MOR albums and light pop fair have always been the biggest sellers, especially
when Mums and Dads get on the band wagon. Throughout the late 60's the Sound of
Music Soundtrack was one of the biggest sellers of all time in the UK and here.
This was the time of pop's golden age of the Beatles/Stones but big as their
sales were they were outsold by some of these light family friendly artists. No
surprise that ABBA is there as they likewise appealed to all ages. As any
dedicated music fan knows, it is not how much a recording sells or how popular
it is that ultimately counts. Substance over sales is what matters any day.
Classic 60's albums like Pet Sounds by the Beach Boys, and Love's Forever
Changes were not best sellers in their days, the latter barely made it into the
charts. Over time these recordings were recognized for their undeniable artistic
merit and got the belated recognition they deserved. There are many great
records even some released today that over time will tell a similar story.
Dummies miss out and try to catch up. You're got retro (The Wilbury's and
Elvis), Emo, R Hip Hop, Irish Tenors in amongst the pop and 'alternative' even
an 'out there' singer like Regina Spektor get into the mainstreem charts. The
trouble is that radio is forced to play too many substandard Australian releases
and it brings the standard down. The ARIAs should really not be presented this
year because there's no CDs released in the previous year that deserve to be
judged 'The Best'. I am not saying that we do not know what is good for us,
everyone knows we are a relatively intelligent and sensitive nation, but we tend
towards choices that moncler
outlet are easily made. This goes as much for voting in an
incumbent government as it does for buying the CD's Triple M, Nova et al tell us
to. We also cannot pretend that the majority of people who buy CD's actually
LIKE music (even though it is compulsory to vote, not all that do so LIKE
politics), many are happy for the background 'noise' and/or the status having
certain albums in your car/house can bring. Commercial radio play does not
necessarily equal a fondling of Satan's trident, but unfortunately it tells
people what they should be liking, and any situation where an interested party
are telling an indifferent party what the deal is, the deal will be signed,
sealed and delivered and you'll find John Howard's smug Baron Greenbacklike grin
on election night and Shania Twain in your childhood friend's music collection.
Don't blame them or get angry, they just don't LIKE music as much as you do, all
you can do is to lead by example.
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